AIADMK MP to resign on Cauvery issue
Friday - March 30, 2018 6:12 pm ,
Category : INDIA
AIADMK MP to resign on Cauvery issue
New Delhi March 30 (IANS) AIADMK s S.R. Muthukaruppan on Friday announced he will resign his membership of the Rajya Sabha over the Centre s failure to implement the Supreme Court order on setting up a Cauvery Monitoring Board (CMB).
"It is my personal decision. I am resigning as a protest against the Centre s action in not constituting the CMB. The Prime Minister is refusing to speak on the Cauvery issue. I am resigning for the people of the state " he told reporters here.
Muthukaruppan who has still two more years in his six-year term said he would be submitting his resignation to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha in a couple of days.
--IANS
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